Liquid crystal display device

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate and a counter substrate and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween. A scanning line, a video signal line, a thin film transistor connected to the scanning line and the video signal line, a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor, and a counter electrode are formed on the TFT substrate, and a columnar spacer formed on the counter substrate. The pixel and counter electrodes are transparent, and the liquid crystal layer is controlled by an electric field generated between the pixel and counter electrodes. The counter electrode contacts with a metal line having a first part which is extended in parallel with the scanning line and a second part which is extended in parallel with the video signal line, a width of the first part of the metal line being narrower than a width of the scanning line.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
 a TFT substrate and a counter substrate; 
 a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate; 
 a first metal line on the TFT substrate; 
 a second metal line intersecting with the first metal line; 
 a thin film transistor connected to the first metal line and the second metal line, 
 an organic passivation film formed over the first metal line, the second metal line and the thin film transistor; 
 a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor on the organic passivation film; 
 a counter electrode formed opposite to the pixel electrode with an interlayer insulation film; 
 a third metal line formed on the counter electrode along the first metal line; and 
 a columnar spacer formed on the counter substrate; 
 wherein 
 the pixel electrode and the counter electrode are transparent, 
 the counter electrode is electrically connected to the third metal line, 
 a width of the third metal line at an intersection of the first metal line and the second metal line is wider than a width of the third metal line between the intersection and an adjacent intersection, and 
 the columnar spacer is overlapped with the wider portion of the third metal line at the intersection of the first metal line and the second metal line. 
 
     
     
       2. The liquid crystal display device according to  claim 1 , wherein the width of the wider portion of the third metal line is 3 μm or less. 
     
     
       3. The liquid crystal display device according to  claim 1 , further comprises alignment films disposed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. 
     
     
       4. The liquid crystal display device according to  claim 3 , wherein the alignment film is disposed on the counter electrode. 
     
     
       5. The liquid crystal display device according to  claim 3 , wherein the alignment films contact each other at an overlapping position of the columnar spacer and the third metal line. 
     
     
       6. The liquid crystal display device according to  claim 4 , wherein the upper surface of the third metal line is covered with the counter electrode. 
     
     
       7. The liquid crystal display device according to  claim 1 , wherein the wider portion of the third metal line linearly extends in a direction of the second metal line. 
     
     
       8. The liquid crystal display device according to  claim 1 , wherein a width of the third metal line between the intersections is narrower than a width of the first metal line.